4 Hawai‘i-Grown Ingredients Are Having a Moment at Our Favorite Restaurants
What do ‘ulu, mushrooms, shrimp and pork have in common? More farms are growing and raising them locally, inspiring chefs to create innovative dishes.
Author: Photos by David Croxford
Meet the 2020 Ola Pono Award Winners
Volunteers are a vital part of Hawai‘i’s nonprofits—every year, hundreds of thousands of them donate their time and talents to keep our communities moving forward.
This Month, Local Organizations Will Mark Black August with Events Aimed at Education, Understanding and Building a Better Future
Passionate, emotional and powerful.
Teachers and Staff at Hawai‘i’s Private Schools Tell Us How Remote Learning Not Only Tested Their Abilities to Adapt, But Also Redefined Their Ideas of Community
Teachers and staff at Hawai‘i’s private schools tell us how remote learning not only tested their abilities to adapt, but also redefined their ideas of community.
Local Experts Name Their Top Picks for Bourbon, Scotch, Whiskey, Beer, Wine, Champagne and Cocktails in Honolulu
What if you could choose your final drink on Earth? We asked Honolulu’s mixologists—men and women who concoct cocktails for a living—to describe what they’d want for that very last call.
How Do Animals React When No One Visits the Zoo? We Found Out
The Honolulu Zoo is reopening in phases after learning more about the animals during the monthslong COVID-19 closure.
Travel Around the World (Without Leaving Hawai‘i) For Breakfast at These 7 Restaurants
Be bold this morning and let your first meal take you around the globe, from Taiwan’s fan tuan to Mexico’s menudo.
Meal Kits to Grocery Delivery: How to Eat the Best Local Food at Home
We’re hoping to see you out sometime in May. But weeks of quarantine cuisine have renewed our love for local businesses that deliver great Hawai‘i produce, meat and even locally prepared meals right to our doors.
Can We Ever Eat All Local in Hawai‘i?
The governor set a goal of doubling local food production by 2020. So how do we measure up?
What Would Hawai‘i’s Top Bartenders Choose as an Epitaph?
We asked our city’s beverage experts what they might like written on their tombstones.
What Would Hawai‘i’s Top Bartenders Choose as Their Final Drink on Earth?
We asked Honolulu cocktail experts to tell us what they'd want for that very last call.
2019 Hale ‘Aina Award Winners: The Best Breakfast Restaurants in Hawai‘i
At Café Kaila, Koko Head Café and Over Easy, success comes from memories of favorite family mornings, and some spectacular versions of home cooking.
Entomologist Cynthia King is Tasked With Protecting Hawai‘i’s Biodiversity
She started the first state insectary, established to propagate native rare invertebrates and other of Hawai‘i’s smallest and most overlooked species, including our state insect, the Kamehameha butterfly.
Your O‘ahu Neighborhood Guide: King Street at University Avenue in Honolulu
There are plenty of old-school haunts and new grinds on the mauka side of King Street past University Avenue.
Ticket to Tokyo: John John Florence Is Going to the Olympics—Even After Gabriel Medina Ended His Comeback at the Billabong Pipe Masters
John John Florence edges rival Kelly Slater for the last U.S. Olympic berth. He joins fellow local Carissa Moore on the squad.
John John Florence and Kelly Slater are Ripping Pipeline Right Now–But Only One Will Go to the Olympics
Day 2 of the Billabong Pipe Masters turned into a John John and Kelly show. Thursday promises to be a showdown.
Hawai‘i’s John John Florence Joins Surfer Lineup at the 2019 Billabong Pipe Masters
In his first contest since blowing out his knee in June, John John surfs his way into Pipeline contention—and closes in on an Olympic slot.
Meet the Guardians of the Nēnē Who Are Helping to Save Hawai‘i’s Endangered Bird
On private lands across Hawai‘i, generations of families and ranchers have hosted and cared for the endangered bird.
ICYMI: A Fresh Matt Bruening Collection and Three New Local Labels You’ll Love from the Mixtisque Runway Show
Get a first look at all the Island-chic fashions.
Quote Unquote: Kip Wilborn Takes Over as Producing Director of Mānoa Valley Theatre
The internationally known tenor, actor and director steps in as the not-for-profit theater completes its 50th season and begins planning for the next 50.
I Went Over The Edge of the Hyatt Regency in Waikīkī for the Special Olympics
Just an average afternoon in Waikīkī, rappelling 400 feet down the side of a hotel while taking in some solid beach views.
Your O‘ahu Neighborhood Guide: Kamehameha Highway in Pearl City
This three-block strip of Kamehameha Highway reveals an old-school neighborhood grappling with growth, development and rail.
Divided Over TMT: We Take a Look at Where Things Stand and How We Got Here
With tensions running high and a weeks-long standoff now stretching into its third month, no one seems to be able to predict what will happen next on Maunakea. Will the state or the protectors back down? Or will the Thirty Meter Telescope bow out? We take a look at where things stand and how we got here.
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Hawai‘i is full of amazing places. Most of them you’re free to visit, but there are a few where you’re just not allowed. Here’s a peek into Hawai‘i’s coolest off-limits corners.
We take a look inside your high school yearbooks to find what’s changed about the local high school experience over the years, and what’s stayed exactly the same.
Hole-in-the-wall general stores dishing up their own eats— even if it’s just one ‘ono item—are a beloved part of Island life. Here are a few of Hawai‘i’s best.
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